JUNE 17 - WESTFALEN HALLE,
DORTMUND, GERMANY (TUESDAY, 8pm)The show was rescheduled from May 25th.

Recording Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin', Nobody's Fault But Mine, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, In The Evening, The Rain Song, Hot Dog, All
My Love, Trampled Underfoot, Since I've Been Loving You [ cut
], Achilles Last Stand, White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..)
>> Kashmir, [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ],
Rock And Roll, Whole Lotta Love (<< Heartbreaker..).Source: Incomplete good to very good audience
recording. 102 minutes.Details: The tape is a bit distant, echoey
and boomy but still listenable. Some portions are muffled. The bass
and drums frequencies are dominating throughout and there is some tape
hiss.

Recording Includes:
In The Evening, The Rain Song, Hot Dog, Trampled Underfoot, Since I've
Been Loving You, Achilles Last Stand, Stairway to Heaven [ cut throughout
].Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color amateur
footage. 3 minutes.Details: Includes footage shot outside
the venue. Shot quite close to the stage. Circulating also as version
synched up with board tape. Circulating as mix of this and Knebworth
August 11th, 1979 show as both were taped and transffered by the same
person.

Comments:
The first show of the 1980 Tour and a very dynamic and good one. Jimmy,
as always on this tour, flashes between brilliance (Since I've Been
Loving You, Stairway To Heaven) and mistakes (White Summer/Black Mountain
Side). The encores are great, especially Heartbreaker inside of Whole
Lotta Love ... a treat!

JUNE 18 - SPORTHALLE, COLOGNE,
GERMANY (WEDNESDAY, 8pm)The show was rescheduled from May 26th.

Recording Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin', Nobody's Fault But Mine, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, In The Evening, The Rain Song, Hot Dog, [
cut ], All My Love, Trampled Underfoot, Since I've Been Loving
You, Achilles Last Stand, White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..)
>> Kashmir, [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ],
Rock And Roll, [ cut ], Communication Breakdown.Source: Almost complete very good audience
recording. 107 minutes.Details: The recording is fairly close
to the stage and has an expansive sound to it. The vocals push the audience
tape to the edge of distortion but the tape holds.

Comments:
Another early 1980 show that is strong and fast paced. The opening string
of numbers is powerful and the band seems ready to play from the outset.
Jimmy reaches for boredom in White Summer and the whole of Since I've
Been Loving You is a joke for Jimmy ... he is constantly out of tune
and out of time throughout the whole piece! Achilles Last Stand is excellent
and the minimalistic encores finish off this show.

Comments:
A really good show, although Jimmy destroys the sections of Achilles
Last Stand. He delivers some great solos on Stairway To Heaven and Since
I've Been Loving You. The rest of the band seems in fine shape, although
Robert's lack of enthusiasm for Stairway is blatantly apparent.

Recording Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin', Nobody's Fault But Mine, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, In The Evening, The Rain Song, Hot Dog, [
cut ], All My Love, [ cut ], Trampled Underfoot, Since
I've Been Loving You, Achilles Last Stand, White Summer (<< Black
Mountain Side..) [ cut ] >> Kashmir, [ cut ], Stairway
To Heaven, Rock And Roll, [ cut ], Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..).Source: Incomplete very good 1st audience
recording. 108 minutes.Details: This is kinda clear recording.
The tape is rather close to the stage but there are some audience noise
near the recorder from time to time.

Recording Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin', Nobody's Fault But Mine, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, In The Evening, The Rain Song [ cut
], Hot Dog, All My Love, Trampled Underfoot, Since I've Been Loving
You [ cut ], [ cut ], Achilles Last Stand [ cut
], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) >> Kashmir, Stairway
To Heaven [ cut ], [ cut ], Rock And Roll, [ cut
], Heartbreaker (<< Bouree..).Source: Incomplete good to very good 2nd
audience recording. Almost 112 minutes.Details: The tape is more distant and muddy
but rather well listenable too. It could be another good audience recording
if not plagued by several distortion issues, especially on the latter
part of recording. The hiss is noticeable .

Recording Includes:
Trampled Underfoot, Since I've Been Loving You, Achilles Last Stand,
White Summer, Kashmir, Stairway To Heaven [ cut throughout ].Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color amateur
footage. Almost 10 minutes.Details: Shot from high left side. Full
body almost fills half of the screen height. Some copies are synched
up with existing audios. The LZ Official LZ Channel version excludes
Stairway To Heaven unnecessarily.

Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience source 1:
Not Guaranteed To Wake You (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin)

Comments:
A truly excellent and fiery show in front of a dull and restrained crowd.
The band is really playing well, and even Jimmy is on near top form,
playing with guts, cleanly and constructing exciting solos and his usual
great guitar playing. Trampled Underfoot is a definite highlight, and
the encore of Heartbreaker is blistering.

Comments:
Not a bad show but no tops tonight. Jimmy as laways is missing some
notes here and there but overall a very goos show. Nice versions of
Trampled Underfoot, Achilles Last Stand and Kashmir. A short and compact
Communication Breakdown closing this rather low-key gig.

Comments:
The concert is quite low key and relaxed. Plant mocks the audience for
their passivity (even saying, off-mike, "Hannover, fucking horrible
place!" before In The Evening). He even tries to get Bonham to
play Moby Dick to liven the audience ("No way, mate. No way."
Bonzo says to Plant). Highlights include All My Love with Jones playing
the keyboard solo in at the correct tempo (he often plays it too fast
on this tour). They rhythm section leaves Page unaccompanied at one
point during the Trampled Underfoot solo sounding very interesting.
Since I've Been Loving You is one of the best versions from this tour.

JUNE 26 - WIENER STADTHALLE,
VIENNA, AUSTRIA (THURSDAY, 7:30pm)The show was rescheduled from May 22th.

Recording Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin', Nobody's Fault But Mine, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, In The Evening, The Rain Song, Hot Dog, All
My Love, Trampled Underfoot, Since I've Been Loving You, White Summer
(stopped), Stage Announcements, Kashmir, Stairway To Heaven, Rock And
Roll, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie Chillun..).Source: Complete good to very good audience
recording. Almost 124 minutes.Details: There is very little nearby audience
noise. The band comes through clear and balanced and there is very little
tape hiss.

Comments:
Quite a powerful and energetic show. Achilles Last Stand is not present
on this concert and appears not to have been performed. Plant is in
very good voice at this show. His vocal adornments during Kashmir and
Stairway To Heaven resemble those from the 1977 tour. The firecracker
incident during White Summer cuts that song down to two and half minutes.
Page did take a wrong turn during White Summer and was attempting to
find his way back when the firecracker struck. The announcer asks the
audience to bring to the stage the perpetrator so they can have a word
with him. After the announcement, the band returns with a vengeance.
Here is the whole announcement translated from its original language:
"We have a group here that is giving their best but they can't
be disturbed by idiots who throw something onto the stage! Jimmy Page
has been injured by a firecracker that landed on his eyes! I can only
ask for one thing: if someone is standing next to you who does this
kind of nonsense, give him a smart rap over the knuckles! I can't set
up concerts in vienna - and i'm setting up concerts since 15 years -
if I can't guarantee for the safety of my acts (or performers). And
now I must request your patience in order for us to clear this situation.
We can't just forget what just happened, that's why we want the person
who threw this to come up here on stage, or to be brought here by his
neighbors. We want to meet him, we want to talk to him. And if he himself
doesn't have the guts to come up here - because we can't continue with
the concert until we talked to him - his neighbors should get him on
the stage. Then the concert will continue. We'll have to talk to this
man. I want him here because this idiot is messing up the show for everyone."
Page does lose his grip during Rock And Roll's guitar solo, but he delivers
an inspired and lengthy solo during Stairway To Heaven. After a light-hearted
guitar introduction, the band launches into the most inextricable version
of Whole Lotta Love ever. Boogie Woogie holds the line.

Comments:
This is the complete show ... Bonham collapsed after Black Dog because
he ate too many bananas and had a severe stomachache! Too bad as they
are playing with guts and quite a bit more energy than on some of the
other shows on the tour.

Recording Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin', Nobody's Fault But Mine, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, In The Evening, The Rain Song, Hot Dog, [
cut ], All My Love, Trampled Underfoot, Since I've Been Loving
You, Achilles Last Stand, [ cut ], Claude Knobs Introduction
[ cut ], Rock And Roll, [ cut ], Heartbreaker (<<
Bouree, Feelin' Groovy..).Source: Incomplete good to very good 3rd
audience recording. 84 minutes.Details: Fairly listenable but kinda distant
tape with some hiss. Still not the great clarity here. This source is
incomplete because security caught a taper. He was situated on the left
side , around 75 meters from the stage in the audience.

Recording Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin', Nobody's Fault But Mine, Black Dog, Achilles
Last Stand [ cut throughout ].Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color amateur
footage. Almost 3 minutes.Details: Band members height fills
between one and two thirds of the screen height. Somoe copies are synched
with circulating audio. Some copies have audio synched up with board
tape.

Bootleg CD
Reference(s) audience source 1:
Swiss Made (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin), & Tour Over Europe 1980:
Swiss Made (The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin)

Bootleg CD
Reference(s) soundboard:
Blitzkrieg Over Europe (Tarantura2000), Binder (Tarantura), The Final
Tour European Daze 1980 (Patriot), A Good Hot One (The Diagrams Of Led
Zeppelin), Silver Coated Rails (Toasted/Condor), Gracias (Antrabata
Reference Master), Tour Over Europe 1980: A Good Hot One (The Diagrams
Of Led Zeppelin), & When Someone Introduced Berlin: The Complete
Last Show (Babyface)

Comments:
One of the best shows from the 1980 tour, this show has a great version
of Heartbreaker and The Train Kept a Rollin'. Jimmy flashes between
inspired playing and getting his fingers caught in the strings. The
rest of the group play well and seem to be having fun, although they
totally botch Kashmir. That caused Plant to commented it: "If anybody's
bootlegging that, you'll have to scratch that number cause wasn't completely
correct - somehow we got through it." Robert's voice is in great
shape.

Recording Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin', Nobody's Fault But Mine, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, In The Evening, The Rain Song, Hot Dog, All
My Love, [ cut ], Trampled Underfoot, Since I've Been Loving
You, Achilles Last Stand, [ cut ], White Summer (<< Jimmy
Page Speech, Black Mountain Side..) >> Kashmir, Stairway To Heaven,
[ cut ], Rock And Roll, Money, Whole Lotta Love (<< Boogie
Chillun, Frankfurt Special [AKA Station Blues]..).Source: Almost complete good 2nd audience
recording. Near 129 minutes.Detailes: Another hissy and distant tape
but fairly clear, with some reverberation due to distance. This one
seems to be less thigh in sound also a bit boomy in lower parts. Someone
shouts 'Cookie died!' before "Trampled Underfoot" regarding
to Plant's speech about the death of band's German groupie few days
before because of drug overdose. The audience is very noisy, clapping
and singing throughout.

Comments:
This show must be tied with the night before for the best 1980 show
ever! What an excellent show. One of the few 1980 shows that has no
moments of apathy or sluggishness. Fresh ideas and old ones are mixed
and the result is one of the best concerts ever in Led Zeppelin's career.
Achilles Last Stand is excellent and one of the strongest versions ever
and the encores are simply amazing. Robert's voice is great ... he hits
all the high notes. Jimmy tried calm down the audience while his playing
in White Summer 'cause he didn't hear himself! What makes this recording
more interesting is presentation of Phil Carson, who joined the band
for Money. He was introduced as "the man who used to play bass
for Dusty Springfield".

Comments:
A merely average 1980 gig. Well played and well sung but not nearly
as hot as the gigs in Zurich and Frankfurt days before. Jimmy is somewhat
sloppy although he does manage some great solos in Since I've Been Loving
You and Achilles Last Stand. Bonham sounds quite bored in Achilles,
however. Robert sounds like he is singing Stairway To Heaven under extreme
duress ... he makes no effort to hide the fact that he's sick of it!
Overall a decent show with mistakes and apathy mixed heavily with the
moments of inspiration.

WARNING! Some sources reported
that two more audience tapes of this show are exist and may still be
in the hands of a tape hoarder. Possibly whole show was recorded but
a very big care must be taken with these reports.

Comments:
A better show than the night before, although still sluggish in some
places. The opening numbers are good, including an extended The Train
Kept A Rollin'. Overall, the show is very good although as a whole not
quite as good as previous ones on the tour. Still, they are in high
sprits and play very well, including a great middle string of numbers.
The only weak link is Stairway To Heaven, with Robert giving it a deliberate
lounge act reading, showing the band's apathy for it.

Comments:
A very uneven, although very good show. Robert seems to be in good spirits
with his crowd rapport, except fore his completely dead and emotionless
delivery of Stairway To Heaven. The band is playing well, although Jimmy,
as usual on this tour, varies between brilliance and apathy. After Kashmir
Plant announces: "John Bonham was on drums, John Bonham ... John
Henry Bonham ... Moby Dick, Dick, Dick?" It would seem Plant is
still hell bent on getting Bonzo to play Moby Dick during this tour!
The encores are the hottest part of the show!

JULY 7 - EISSPORTHALLE, BERLIN,
GERMANY (MONDAY, 8pm)The show was rescheduled from May 29th.

Recording Includes:
The Train Kept A Rollin', Nobody's Fault But Mine, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, In The Evening, The Rain Song, Hot Dog, All
My Love, Trampled Underfoot, Since I've Been Loving You, White Summer
(<< Black Mountain Side..) >> Kashmir, Stairway To Heaven,
Rock And Roll, Whole Lotta Love.Source: Complete very good to excellent
1st audience recording. 144 minutes.Details: This is extremely clear and well
balance source recorded not far away from the stage. Each instruments
is perfectly defined. The only problem is some hiss but it can be reduced
easily. The audience it talktative though.

Comments:
The last show of the tour and the last Led Zeppelin show ever! This
show alternates between brilliance and boredom, especially from Jimmy.
But the good moments are very good. Since I've Been Loving You is a
great version and there is a lot of experimentation with a very long
and great version of Trampled Underfoot and a long version of Stairway
To Heaven. Whole Lotta Love is a long jam that sounds great. Amazing
bass from Jones as Jimmy spits out guitar flourishes and Robert and
Bonzo cook behind this. One of the two shows from the 1980 Tour that
didn't have Achilles Last Stand. But as the last ever show there is
historical significance here.